R^eport of tl)e 3tate Fist) CciltarM. 



To tl)e Forest, FisI) and (iame Commission : 



IN submitting my report for the year ending September 30, igoo, the fish dis- 

 tribution is given in detail, each separate plant, the kind of fish and where 

 the fish were planted. Until the ist of May last, the application books, in 

 which the fish distribution is recorded, were kept at the Caledonia Hatchery by the 

 Superintendent of Hatcheries, an ofifice now abolished, and since that time they 

 have been in the office of the Commission at the Capitol in Albany. When the 

 books were received in Albany the distribution of whitefish and tomcod was com- 

 pleted, and the total distribution for these two fishes was recorded as 40,175,000 

 whitefish fry, and 42,000,000 of tomcod. Thinking that there must be an error in 

 the figures, I procured from each hatchery a statement, by the foreman, of the 

 number of whitefish eggs taken, as follows : 



From the Adirondack Hatchery, ------ 18,062,000 



From Canandaigua Lake, ._-... 5,934,000 



From Hemlock Lake, -------- 3,515,000 



From the LTnited States Fish Commission, - . . 10,000,000 



Total, ---------- 37,511,000 



The loss in hatching, as reported by the different foremen, amounted to 

 6,070,500, which left 31,440,000 of fry to be planted. 



That this statement was practically correct, I am convinced from the report of 

 the then Superintendent of Hatcheries, dated January 8th, which states : 



The whitefish take of eggs was as follows : 



Little Clear Lake (Adirondack Hatchery), - - . - 17,241,000 



Canandaigua Lake, - - - - - -- - 6,720,000 



Hemlock Lake, --------- 3,948,000 



Received from the United States Fish Commission, - - 9,000,000 



Total, -- ------. 36,909,000 



If the United States eggs had been put down in the report of the Superintend- 

 ent of Hatcheries at 10,000,000, the two statements would have been practically 



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